Plymouth, Devon - At 4.22 p.m. on 6th April, 1969, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, with a crew of five on board, had broken down in Whitsand bay. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped her moorings in a fresh north north easterly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The lifeboat came up with the fishing boat at 5.25 and a tow line was put on board. The life-boat towed the fishing boat to Mutton Grove at 6.45, and returned to her station at 6.55..